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Schoolcraft, Michigan

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1922 and the latest in 1982. It stands in Schoolcraft Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49087. The Survey maps it on the Schoolcraft quadrangle. 1,466 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 879 feet above sea level.

Schoolcraft within Kalamazoo County

On record in Schoolcraft

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register 1 record

Population over time

2 figures

Schoolcraft fell from 1,525 to 1,466 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.

YearPeople Change
20101,525
20201,466-59 (-4%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 15 printed sheets

Matched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.

Fires near this place

10 since 2018

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 10 fires within 5 miles of Schoolcraft between 2018 and 2019, burning about 10 acres in total. None started naturally. None was recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Reported cause Fires
Missing data/not specified/undetermined7
Equipment and vehicle use3

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
20 July 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesTEXAS CHARTER TOWNSHIP FIRE/RESCUE 420 - 2018
2 May 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesSOUTH KALAMAZOO COUNTY FIRE AUTH 0000355 - 2018
6 April 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesSOUTH KALAMAZOO COUNTY FIRE AUTH 0000286 - 2019
26 April 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesSOUTH KALAMAZOO COUNTY FIRE AUTH 0000348 - 2019
22 April 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesSOUTH KALAMAZOO COUNTY FIRE AUTH 0000334 - 2019
22 April 2019Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesTEXAS CHARTER TOWNSHIP FIRE/RESCUE 0000305 - 2019
20 April 2018Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesPORTAGE FD 0001669 - 2018
11 April 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesSOUTH KALAMAZOO COUNTY FIRE AUTH 0000303 - 2018

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Kalamazoo County

Storms near this place

25 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Schoolcraft in 25 storm reports between 1995 and 2024: 17 thunderstorm wind, 6 hail, 1 tornado, 1 funnel cloud. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
April 2010HailSchoolcraft$125,000,000Severe thunderstorm winds in excess of 80 mph and hail up to golf ball size impacted far southwestern and south central Kalamazoo county as a bow echo moved into Schoolcraft east to Vicksburg. ||The most significant damage occurred across west southwest portions of the town of Schoolcraft, where the siding of the western sides of many homes was shredded by the wind driven large hail. About a dozen irrigation pivots were destroyed and several trees were blown down. ||A local RV dealership had several of it's vehicles rolled over and damaged. Power lines were blown down and a semi truck was tipped over 1 mile south of downtown Schoolcraft. A wind gust to 79 mph was measured one mile northeast of Vicksburg by a co-op observer with a home weather station a minute before midnight.
July 2014Thunderstorm WindSchoolcraft$1,000,000Numerous trees and power lines were blown down mainly across southern Kalamazoo county from around Schoolcraft east to Vicksburg. Winds of up to 70 to 75 mph were estimated. Some trees fell on area homes and cars.
October 2001Thunderstorm WindSchoolcraft$1,000,000no account filed
May 2007Thunderstorm WindSchoolcraft$150,000Severe thunderstorms produced very high wind gusts of up to 75 to 85 m.p.h. and also several reports of large hail across southern Kalamazoo county. ||The worst of the damage occurred around 5:52 p.m. in the area south of Portage and north of Vicksburg. A path of damage one mile wide and one and a half miles long started near the Portage Road and U Avenue intersection. The damage continued northeast to just south of the 24th street and S Avenue intersection. ||Highest wind speeds of 75 to 85 m.p.h. were determined by NOAA's National Weather Service Grand Rapids storm survey team. Within this|area a roof on a pole barn was partially blown off. A garage|door was blown in and some roofing and siding material was stripped off of several homes. Many large healthy trees were uprooted or snapped off. Some trees were lying on houses and all damage was lying to the northeast indicating straight line winds.
April 2009Thunderstorm WindSchoolcraft$100,000Wind damage began 4.5 miles southwest of Vicksburg and continued 8.5 miles to the northeast. The greatest width of the damage was approximately 2.5 miles and was widest towards the end of the damage swath. Primary damage was to trees with scattered large limbs and isolated trees uprooted. The greatest concentration of damage, rated EF-0, occurred just southwest of downtown Vicksburg. In this area an irrigation pivot was blown over and several 25 pound 1 foot by 3 foot plastic packing trays were lofted over a one to two story industrial building and blown up to 200 yards downwind. Several large trees were also uprooted in downtown Vicksburg near the intersection of S. Kalamazoo and Prairie Streets. The trees knocked down several wires on residential streets.
May 2000HailSchoolcraft$100,000no account filed
August 2000Thunderstorm WindSchoolcraft$75,000no account filed
June 2020Thunderstorm WindSchoolcraft$50,000Several trees and large branches were blown down across the county.
June 1998Thunderstorm WindSchoolcraft$50,000A trained weather spotter reported approximately 20 trees snapped off, 12 trees uprooted, power lines downed, and minor structural damage in an area approximately 1.5 miles south of the village of Schoolcraft. Structural damage included: windows blown out of 2 homes and 1 home with siding torn off, one barn with large doors blown off and roof damage and another barn with a roof blown off at 5348 XY Avenue; 1 home with a garage door buckled out and siding damage caused by a fallen tree at 15835 Prairie Rhonde St.; a child's outdoor play set destroyed at 5802 Woodbrook Ln.; and minor structural damage done to Carter Lumber Company (which included a large overhanging storage area blown up and off, 3 large doors blown out, many stacks of lumber toppled, and several fences destroyed). Damage was estimated at $50,000. No injuries were reported.
May 2020Thunderstorm WindSchoolcraft$25,000Several trees and power lines were blown down from Schoolcraft to Vicksburg by a series of small downbursts.
April 1997Thunderstorm WindSchoolcraft$25,000no account filed
August 2024Thunderstorm WindSchoolcraft$20,000Several trees were blown down near Schoolcraft.
July 2005Thunderstorm WindSchoolcraft$15,000no account filed
July 2005Thunderstorm WindSchoolcraft$10,000Several trees were blown down in Schoolcraft.
May 2004Thunderstorm WindSchoolcraft$10,000A trained spotter four miles west of Schoolcraft estimated a wind gust to 60 m.p.h.
August 2003Thunderstorm WindSchoolcraft$10,000Numerous trees and power lines were blown down in Schoolcraft.
August 2003HailSchoolcraft$10,000Three quarters inch diameter hail was reported in Schoolcraft.
June 2005HailSchoolcraft$10,000no account filed
August 1997Thunderstorm WindSchoolcraft$2,500Kalamazoo County Central Dispatch reported trees downed in Schoolcraft.
May 1998Thunderstorm WindSchoolcraft$1,000Large tree downed in the village of Schoolcraft.
August 2019Funnel CloudSchoolcraft-A trained spotter reported a funnel cloud near Schoolcraft but no tornadoes occurred.
August 2011HailSchoolcraft-A trained spotter in Schoolcraft reported one inch diameter hail and wind gusts to 60 mph in downtown Schoolcraft.
July 2008HailSchoolcraft-Seven eighths inch diameter hail was reported in Schoolcraft.
May 2006Tornado (F0)Schoolcraft-A very brief touchdown of a F0 tornado occurred two miles south southwest of Schoolcraft in an open field. This was a landspout type of weak tornado which resulted in no injuries and no significant damage.
April 1995Thunderstorm WindSchoolcraft-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Kalamazoo County

Nearest settlements

The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Vicksburg5.6 miles15
Texas Corners6.5 miles15
Portage6.7 miles15
Ramona Park7.3 miles15
Lemon Park7.8 miles14
Adams Park9.2 miles14
Oakwood9.9 miles20
Pomeroy9.9 miles14

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikipedia article on SchoolcraftAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2432061The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 637419. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.

Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.